Research Interests
Danai Kasambira Fannin PhD, CCC-SLP, is a licensed speech-language pathologist and associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at North Carolina Central University. She has research interests in child language disorders and pragmatics, health equity across the lifespan, social determinants of early identification and access to autism services, and identification and trajectories of late talkers. Dr. Fannin also promotes dissemination of strategies to diversify the speech pathology and audiology workforce through enhanced recruitment and retention efforts.
Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
Longitudinal Monitoring of Expressive Communication Growth in Children with Down Syndrome ·
2025
- 2030
Consultant ·
Awarded by: NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Acceptability, Feasibility, and Appropriateness of Digital Autism Screening, Clinical Decision Support, and Research Engagement for Black Children ·
2024
- 2029
PI ·
Awarded by: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
· $761,250.00
Advancing Identification of Late-Talking Children & Mapping their Developmental Trajectories Using Real World Data from Electronic Health Records ·
2024
- 2027
Co-Investigator ·
Awarded by: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Leveraging Routinely Collected Health Data to Improve Understanding of Language Development Trajectories in Children Identified as Late Talkers ·
2023
- 2024
Consultant ·
Awarded by: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Contextual Factors Affecting Autism Identification of Rural Black Children ·
2021
- 2022
PI ·
Awarded by: American Speech Language Hearing Foundation
· $25,000.00
T32 Post-Doctoral Fellowship, UCLA Center for Autism Research & Treatment ·
2008
- 2011
Post Doctoral Fellow ·
Awarded by: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development